Lacing-holder for wearing-apparel.



PAT'ENTED MAY 26, 1908.

1?, B. ALM-YS Aem@ Hmm APPLICATION' ED JUNE 17.1.9107,.

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W FERDINAND B. ALMY, OFMELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS LACING-HOLDEB FOR W'EARIG-AYPPAREL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND B. ALMY, .a citizen of`the United States, residing at Melrose, county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improve- 1 0 resenting like parts.

.ment in Lening-Holders for Wearing-Apparel of which the following description, in Iconnection lwith the accompanyin drawing, is a specification, like letters on t e drawing rep- 'This invention has for its object'the-production of novel lacing holders adapted to be engaged with any usual eyelet, the holders receiving the'lacing and being detachable` from the eyelet when .the lacing is to be Inanipulatedto unlace `a boot, glove or other article' of wearing ap arel. The holders when disengaged from t e eyelet retaining themselves on the lacing.

My novel holders are so constructed that a skirt can nt catch on the same vas with usual.

lacing hooks having hollow Shanks upset in a shoe top and herein my novel holders, among other-uses, are especially desirable for application in connectionk with ladies4 boots and shoes.

Figure 1 shows a ladies7 boot having a lacing supplied with my novel holders; Fig. 2 `s hows a lacing with a series of holders positioned thereon; Fig. 3 is an enlarged section Y on the line -a, Fig. 1 Fig. 4 is an underside view of the holder; Fig. 5 shows the blank from which a holder may be made; Fig. 46 is a section on the line :1M-x', Fig.4. Fig. 7 isI a side view of the holder; Fig. 8 is a section `similar to Fig. 3 showing the holder lapplied to the edge oli, a glove Fig; 9 is aview slmilar to Fi 4, showing amodiied construction.

Re erring to therdrawing A re resents a ladysv boot with its top A provi ed with a series of eyelets o; set in the topslightly back from the usual edges c. f My holders to be described may be applied to advantage to a boot or shoe or any wear-- ing apparel or other article having openings or eyelets.

In manufacturing my holders I cut fromy *l suitable sheet metal a blank B of substantially the shape shown in Fig. 5, it having a Wide end l) and a shank b', said wide end, -in the preferred form herein illustrated, being of crescent shape to leave two horns 2, 2. The blank shown is subjected to the action of dies that 've a concavo convex shape, see Figs. 3 an 6,-to the wide endin the direction of Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. J une 17, 1907. Serial No. 379,348.

`portion of each eyeletnearest the edge aL..

vextend substantially through the eye eta,

sert the tongue of each ho Patented May 26, 1908.

its length and-width, as shown in Fi s. l3 and 6, to .constitute the headB of the ho der, thedies causin the outer edge 3() of the blank to be turned om the position Fig. 5 intothe osition Figs. 3, 4 and 6, to constitute a foot gato contact with the material of the article tially surrounding the eyelet, as best shown in Figs. land 3, leaving exposed only a small In the manufacture .of a holder from a blank B'theshank b is bent at 3 `and .a portion 4 thereoffis carried forwardly under the in which the eyelet is set, said foot substanv head B, see Fig. 3, and then again bent, as

shown at `5, to form a shank 6 of a len th to the shank bein again bent,v as at 7, to form a l tongue t of su cient length to reach under and across one side of the set eyelet, as-shown in Fig. 3, the tibp'fthe tongue projecting beL neath the foot 2. side of the part 4 of the shank bet-Ween thebends 3 and 5- is so located with rela-tion to the curved parts 8 of the horns 2 as to leave a sort of eye or space 20 shown best in Fig. 7 into which is drawn the lacing D, said space being so proportioned to the size of the lacing in cross section as to hold the lacing with sufficient friction to prevent the sliding of the Yholders on the lacing after they have been The bend 5 and the upper drawin on the holder within the bend 3 at a v kpoint a ove the top of the eyelet, causes the foot b2 tobe held seated onto the material. surrounding the eyelet and the tongue t underlying the eyelet prevents the holder from leaving the eyelet. N ow when. the lacing is untied andpulled away from theA edge o.v and vslightly away from the material containing .the eyelets, the holders fall readily out of the eyelets occupied by them, leavin all the eyelets free, the holders retaining t eir posi tion on the lacing, as shown by Fi 2, and with the finger the lacing which is ler through the several eyelets next the vamp of the boot may be loosened if necessary to enable the boot to to be opened that the'foot may be remove therefrom. To lace the boot it is onlT necessary to inder of a series of holders one' alter smother 1n the eyelet meer one edge e eed then in en eyelet heels of the opposite edge e', the eyelet holes entered'by the holders'eerried by one lacing hole hole .oeoupyin' dii'lereiit 1positions in planes et nietell eyelet as in some classes ofweoriiig epperel the eyelets might he mede of thread and be mede stitch after stiteh.

My holders may be used es e glove fastener and in sueh event a tongue eronder lisp should be rovicled against which the ytongues of the lio ders 'may rest when holdihg ythe glove closed. I y

.ln Fig. the hoot has e leather tongue e against which the tongues of the holder'eohs tast.' iFig. 8 shows en under flap e suoli as l maymse with s glove, e corset, a waist, 'or 'any other gaping part ot wearing epperel that it is desired may be ieee-d, and #viii-eh it is desired may be quickly undone so that the lacing .need not be Withdrawn throoghen eyelet hole. y

lt sometimes happens that the eyelets e vary somewhat in size, and to permit the holder to be used with different sizes ol' eyelets li will make the tongue' t and she-nk 6 hiurested, es shown. m. Fig. 9, with 'wl'ueh eoistr'iietiori 'the sides of the 'tongue sheet; sprmg together'to permit them to E hel inserted through smaller eyelets.

, Having fully deserihed my invention, what l claim es new end desire. tovseoure oy Le tters VPatent is 1 1. A. 'holder having; e head and shank, the shank being bent to form e spese between itself eed ssidheed et one side of theletter'for 1 the reception or" e lacing sod having s second hemd to present e tongue extended 'onder and towerd the opposite side el "le heed 2. e liolderhsvhig el provided et its 'e foot end depend ide-d l sid slider side wi v111g shank termioetmg L; e tongue e lsterelly under slid tower"l the ogpos s lseirig? between seid shank end e; tongue occupying e position under sei( heed7 the tongue, oemig substantially parallel to the j o. A A g having spsoed ori the seine e series o holders comprising heads moving il ne or' the bottom of the heed. l`e` tongues crossing seid heads et their under sides.

o. Ari article of apps-rel. having annuler eyelets heer. its opposed edges, eombiiied with means Vfor holdingvssid edges closed oorriprising; leoiriggs end connected holders, the holders having sharil-zs to he thrust through seid eyelets, the shaulgs pointing 7osolsvverdly from the edges to he elosed and extending beneath the materiel to which the eyelets ere attached.

7. Ari article of apparel having eyelets near its opposed edges7 vCombined with means for holding seid edges closed comprising la,- eings and connected holders, the holders hsvirig Shanks to be thrust through said eyelets7 the she-slss `)oiriting bsekwsrdly from the edges to he closed and the heads oi' the holders' being ooiioeved to substantially cover the eyelet.

8. Ah article of wearing apparel having eyelets et its opposed edges, end en under fieri; oo ""ed with e leeiiig provided with e seris or s ooinpi sing heads and shsiilis srl-:l tongues onde Jing said heads, the. tongues heilig adapted to he passed. tlr il eyelets ed occupy a position r s of the eyelets and holder l ,sh d. tongue bent under ieed end e to be tliius't three e said materiel.

siioseiilnrifj witoesses,

B. lll/ly y miooy whereof, lheve signed my to this soeeifiostion, in. the presence oi 

